[klibc] only pivot_root supported? [signed]
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Dec 15 12:30:38 PST 2004
Andreas Jellinghaus [c] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hope this is the right list for initramfs questions.
>
> First I noticed: with initrd I can use real-root-device and pivot_root
> mechanisms. with initramfs only pivot_root works.
>
Actually, normally you would just overmount the rootfs; I've been told
pivot_root works, but it doesn't make any sense. See the run-init
program in klibc.
-hpa
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